Deposit Guaranty National Bank of Jackson, Mississippi v. Roper et al.
Decided March 19, 1980. Warren Earl Burger delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 78-904 · 445 U.S. 326 (1980) · Cited 1,115 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 7–2.
Majority · 4
- Warren Earl Burger · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Byron Raymond White
- Thurgood Marshall
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
Concurring · 3
- Harry Andrew Blackmun · filed a concurring opinion
- John Paul Stevens · filed a concurring opinion
- William Hubbs Rehnquist · filed a concurring opinion
Dissenting · 2
- Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. · filed a dissenting opinion
- Potter Stewart
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.
Precedents cited
Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.
- Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay · 437 U.S. 463 (1978)
- United Airlines, Inc. v. McDonald · 432 U.S. 385 (1977)
- Board of School Comm'rs of Indianapolis v. Jacobs · 420 U.S. 128 (1975)
- Gerstein v. Pugh · 420 U.S. 103 (1975)
- Pasadena City Board of Education v. Spangler · 427 U.S. 424 (1976)
- Sosna v. Iowa · 419 U.S. 393 (1975)
- East Texas Motor Freight System, Inc. v. Rodriguez · 431 U.S. 395 (1977)
- Electrical Fittings Corp. v. Thomas · 307 U.S. 241 (1939)
- Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization · 426 U.S. 26 (1976)
- Gladstone, Realtors v. Village of Bellwood · 441 U.S. 91 (1979)
- Weinstein v. Bradford · 423 U.S. 147 (1975)
- Hansberry v. Lee · 311 U.S. 32 (1940)
- Preiser v. Newkirk · 422 U.S. 395 (1975)
- North Carolina v. Rice · 404 U.S. 244 (1971)
- Altvater v. Freeman · 319 U.S. 359 (1943)
- Smith v. Swormstedt · 57 U.S. 288 (1854)
- Baxter v. Palmigiano · 425 U.S. 308 (1976)
- American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah · 414 U.S. 538 (1974)
- Franks v. Bowman Transportation Co. · 424 U.S. 747 (1976)
- Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division v. Craft · 436 U.S. 1 (1978)
- DeFunis v. Odegaard · 416 U.S. 312 (1974)
- Sinclair & Carroll Co. v. Interchemical Corp. · 325 U.S. 327 (1945)
- California v. San Pablo & Tulare Railroad · 149 U.S. 308 (1893)
- Supreme Tribe of Ben-Hur v. Cauble · 255 U.S. 356 (1921)
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. Medical Committee for Human Rights · 404 U.S. 403 (1972)
- Ashcroft v. Mattis · 431 U.S. 171 (1977)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Genesis HealthCare Corp. v. Symczyk · 569 U.S. 66 (2013)
- United States v. Windsor · 570 U.S. 744 (2013)
- Commil United States, LLC v. Cisco Sys., Inc. · 575 U.S. 632 (2015)
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
- Gulf Oil Co. v. Bernard · 452 U.S. 89 (1981)
- Cardinal Chemical Co. v. Morton International, Inc. · 508 U.S. 83 (1993)
- Forney v. Apfel · 524 U.S. 266 (1998)
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